pals

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when it started raining in girona my plans to go to the pyrenees quickly changed and i decided to hop in my vw bus and drive towards sunny weather. i got a tip on instagram from my friend lisa to visit pals.

pals is a small town not far from the ocean and one feels like going back in time when walking up to el pedro and the torre. i was very lucky to arrive with a bus load of german retirees. it was so much fun listening to their conversations and watch them flood the streets of this peaceful little village.

it felt like they were walking wallets to the people selling ceramics and other local products in the little stores inhabiting the old stone buildings.

i often set my digital camera to black and white. it is very useful to understand the contrast and since i always shoot raw i can easily convert to color. this time i decided not to and applied an ilford hp5 filter of vsco.

 

girona

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pforzheim in the south of germany has about as many inhabitants as girona, a river flows through both cities and the layout is almost the same. girona has one significant difference – it looks pretty and has much more charme. but basically the two towns are the same. even the landscape and the periphery resemble each other.

since i am on my trip i always compare the new sights, sounds and people to things i already know. it is quite fun to find similarities to things you are already accustomed to in an environment that is totally new to you.

girona is a wonderful city. i am lucky i was there when it wasn’t overrun with tourists looking for the places where game of thrones was filmed and eating overpriced meals in the old part of the town.

what i really like to do is to sit down and just watch the people passing by and take the same picture over and over again, just with a different protagonist that presents itself to me and my camera. it is something i started in berlin and i really want to continue. it is part of my „kleine arbeiten“ project. the pictures look very good when hung in a row as the horizon and background repeat.

oh and i had a catalan sausage for lunch at mononcle . so delicious!